Pearl cap snap fastener socket member



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PEARL CAP SNAP FASTENER SOCKET MEMBER Filed March ll, 1930 grt/vento@ YPatented Nov. 10, 1931 lUNITED STATES ERNEST D. sIMoNs, or CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT, AssrGNon TosCovrLr. MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, or WATER-BURN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION or CONNECTICUT PEARL CAP SNAP FASTENER SOCKET MEMBER Application led March 11, 1930. Serial No. 434,988. l

lto the cap or top piece and the resilient element and which is adapted toreceive between itself and the resilient element an attaching eyelet, so that the lresilient element is prac- `other material, natural or artificial.

tically concealed within the eyelet and is.

therefore protected against injury by the washing and ironing machines, as l will proceed now to explain more fully and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is a top plan view of the cap or top piece and Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the resilient s udengaing element and Fig. 4 is a cross section thereof. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the connecting ring and Fig. 6 a cross sec-V tion thereof. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of a' preferred form of eyelet. Fig. 8 is a cross section of the device mounted or set. Fig. 9 is a .cross section of one form of a co-mplemental stud member.

The cap or top piece 1, is shown as of concavo-convex form, and it may be of any other form and suitably ornamented or decorated and of any material suitable for use on an article io which the device is to be applied. If such article is a dress shirt, for example, this piece 1 may be of pearl or any bottom of this cap or top piece is undercut or lfiollowed out, as indica-ted at 2, in order to afford plenty of room for the entrance of the complemental stud member without presi `sure upon the cap or top piece.

The resilient stud-engaging element com- The prises an loutwardly turned curved flange 3 and a depending" barrel 4 which is slitted longitudinally at a plurality of points, as indicated at 5, and has its lower slitted edge 6 turned inwardly so as to afford a medium for engaging the neck 7 of the stud 8 to hold together the two parts on which the respective fastener members are set. The flange 3 surrounds or encircles the undercut portion of the cap and has only surface contact with the cap.

The cap or top piece 1 and the resilient stud-engaging member, are united by a ring# 9 thev lower edge 10 of which is curved inwardly and the upper edge 1'1 of which is adapted to be spun or otherwise closed around and applied to the lower edge of the cap or top piece l, as shown in Fig. 8, sufficient space beingY provided between the intween the ring and the stud-engaging element y to attach the parts to the material 14 as shown in Fig. 8.

The attaching veyelet may have its flange -f provided with prick'points 15 in order to engage thematerial to which the device is applied and prevent itsl turning therein;

It will be noted from Fig. 8 thatthe bottom of the stud-engaging element is confined within the attaching eyelet, so that there is no external projection of said element that might be damaged inwvasliing or ironing when the device is applied to an article that must be laundered.

Variations in the details of construction are permissible within the principle of the invention and the scope of the claim following.-

A snap fastener socket member, having an ornamental cap or top piece provided with an Vundercut bottom to afford clearance for a complemental stud member, a resilient studengaging elementliaving a barrel slitted at 1 CSI flange arranged in surface `Contact with the bottom of the cap or top piece and encircling its undercut portion, and a connecting ring applied externally to the lower edge of the cap or top piece and having its lower edge curved inwardly beneath the flange of the re.- silient stud-engaging element, a. space being left between the said flange and the bottom of the 'connectingv ring to receive and clinch an attaching eyelet` combined with said eye` let when set and within which eyelet said stud-engaging element is Confined so as to avoid its external projection beyond the eyelet, whereby damage to the. stud-engaging element is prevented. Y In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of March A. D. 1930. ERNEST D. SIMONS. 

